An interview with intermedia artist Dick Higgins, who discusses his views about California Institute of the Arts, artists and his company, Something Else Press, with Richard Friedman and Anthony Gnazzo. This was recorded Sunday, June 13, 1971, at the KPFA studios, after Higgins resigned his post at Cal Arts. He discusses his reasons for leaving and the problems he faced there. He also gives his ideas on what an arts institute should be like, and why he and his press were moving to Vermont. Dick Higgins died in 1998 at the age of 60.


This audio is part of the collection: Other Minds Audio Archive
It also belongs to collections: Music & Arts; stream_only

Artist/Composer: Dick Higgins
Date: 1971-06-13 00:00:00
Source: Other Minds
Label / Recorded by: KPFA
Keywords: Avantgarde

Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs

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Reviewer: B.B. Thrill - - March 3, 2005
Subject: Dick Higgins - on what is wrong with Cal Arts
This is a really good interview...

about an interesting place - Cal Arts
with a founding professor - Dick Higgins

About what a mess the start up of the place was and why it was a mistake to place Cal Arts where it is.

After they end speaking about Cal Arts - the discussion shifts to more details about Dick Higgins own work